Where does “ദണ്ഡനം” come from?

ദണ്ഡനം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit दण्डन, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

ദണ്ഡനം (Malayalam): punishment

Definitions

  1. punishment

Ancestry of “ദണ്ഡനം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदण्डनbeating, chastising, punishing
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit दण्डन →